Renewable energy will soon power Georgetown, Texas

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here’s a fast-growing city in Texas that also has one of the most progressive energy programs in the country — and it’s not Austin.

Georgetown, Texas, soon all its power
 will come from the sun and the wind.

Located about 30 miles north of the Texas capital in a deeply conservative county, the city of Georgetown will be powered 100 percent by renewable energy within the next couple years. Georgetown’s residents and elected officials made the decision to invest in two large renewable energy projects, one solar and one wind, not because they reduced greenhouse gas emissions or sent a message about the viability of renewable energy — but because it just made sense, according to Mayor Dale Ross.

“This was a business decision and it was a no-brainer,” Ross told ThinkProgress from his office along one of the city’s main thoroughfares. “This is a long-term source of power that creates cost certainty, brings economic development, uses less water, and helps the environment.”

Read the ClimateProgress story - “This Big Texas City Will Soon Be Powered Entirely By Wind And Sun”.